Question

The total number of restaurant-purchased meals that the average person will eat

Answer 1

78 meals are eaten in a restaurant, 58 meals are eaten in a car, 33 meals are eaten at home and the question is solved by using linear equations.

What is the linear equation?

A linear equation is an algebraic equation of the form y =mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept, and only a constant and a first-order (linear) term are present. The variables in the above equation are y and x, and it is occasionally referred to as a "linear equation of two variables."

Given that the total number of meals is 169.

Assume that,

a = number of meals eaten in a restaurant

b = number of meals eaten in a car

c = number of meals eaten at home

a + b + c = 169 .....(i)

Since the total number of these meals eaten in a car or at home exceeds the number eaten in a restaurant by 13.

Thus b + c = a + 13 .....(ii)

Again twenty more restaurant-purchased meals will be eaten in a restaurant than at home.

a = 20 + c .....(iii)

Subtract equation (ii) from (i)

a + b + c - b - c = 169 - a - 13

2a = 156

Divide both sides by 2

a = 78

Substitute a = 78 in equation (iii)

78 = 20 +c

c = 58

Putting c =58  and a =78  in equation (ii)

b + 58 = 78 + 13

b = 33

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Question:

The total number of restaurant-purchased meals that the average person will eat in a restaurant, in a car, or at home in a year is 169. The total number of these meals eaten in a car or at home exceeds the number eaten in a restaurant by 13. Twenty more restaurant-purchased meals will be eaten in a restaurant than at home. Find the number of​ restaurant-purchased meals eaten in a​ restaurant, the number eaten in a​ car, and the number eaten at home.